"No words can really do justice to the amazing things you see and the emotions you feel while diving on a coral reef. Coral Sea Dreaming as a Celebration of Reefs aims to cross all language barriers and appeal to all people of all ages."
-- David Hannan
Decades after first appearing on video way back in 1992, a completely new edition of David Hannan's renowned classic undersea odyssey Coral Sea Dreaming is coming out now.
Emmy Award-winning filmmaker David Hannan has tirelessly worked to create a magnificent - and totally new - testimony to our extraordinary undersea world, again set to an inspiring original musical score by composer Tania Rose.
Featuring startling all new footage and expanded to movie length running time, Coral Sea Dreaming journeys into the very heart of life on coral reefs and stars some of the most exotic and wondrous creatures of our oceans brought to the screen in breathtaking HD image quality.
Coral is the planets greatest natural architect with coral reefs among the most bio-diverse ecosystems in the world displaying seemingly endless colour and variety. In Coral Sea Dreaming we meet thousands of reef inhabitants, from ancient turtles to feeding sharks, adorable pygmy seahorses and savage sea slugs, witness a manta ray ballet and courting octopus. Their lives are presented with unprecedented intimacy, illustrating elaborate courtship displays, mating rituals, feeding frenzies, intense night-time predation, cannibalism and chemical warfare.
Filmed since 2001 using the very best HD camera technology over 2000 dives on three great coral reef ecosystems; Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef and The Coral Triangle in Papua New Guinea; Coral Sea Dreaming is a celebration of reefs now under threat of climate change and ocean acidification.
There is much to be done to safeguard these precious ecosystems for future generations. And very little time to do it. David Hannan is renowned not only for his filmmaking, but also the conservation that is activated by his films. This is the driving force behind his work.
For more information about David Hannan and his work visit his website here at www.DavidHannan.com
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David Hannan's all new "Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken" is also available in Australia & NZ from many retail outlets near you. Try your local ABC store, JB-HiFi, BigW, Sanity, EzyDVD, WOW Sight & Sound, and many other specialist retailers. Other territories worldwide and new soundtrack CD available soon.
Movie Trailer
Watch the short Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken movie trailer (duration 5mins):
Current Product Information
Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken - Out Now in Australia / NZ
Filled with startling HD scenes of exotic sea creatures, this is David Hannan's latest underwater masterpiece, a 'state of the art virtual experience' and window onto another world.
No ordinary DVD or BluRay disc, Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken is a fully featured package of viewing options - with many different ways of exploring David's world of tropical coral reefs.
Viewers can select to have a 'music-only' experience and enjoy the program as an exceptional 84 minute relaxation video with evocative music score by Tania Rose.
Additionally, 'pop-up text' with creature identification or interesting facts about ocean issues can be activated, turning the program into a valuable educational resource. Individual chapter scenes are easily accessed from menus.
For viewing a more classic feature documentary format ‘switch on’ informative narration and also peek 'behind the scenes' with David and Tania.
Enhancing the package are extra 60 minutes of 'virtual decor' scenes in different styles for creating unique marine art displays. Alternatively, selected chapters or even the whole program can be played to loop on 'repeat' turning the screen into a fascinating 'digital aquarium'.
Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken is a mesmerizing and poignant celebration of one of the planet's great natural wonders - with something new for viewers to discover each time.
David Hannan's all new "Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken" is available in Australia & NZ from an outlet near you. Try your local ABC store, JB-HiFi, BigW, Sanity, EzyDVD, WOW Sight & Sound, and many other specialist retailers. You can also buy online. Other territories worldwide and new soundtrack CD available soon.
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Education
Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken is a celebration of life on coral reefs, the most bio-diverse ecosystems on our planet - and a powerful education resource.
Filmed on Australias Great Barrier Reef, Ningaloo Reef in West Australia and in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, many hundreds of species of tropical marine creatures have been identified and cross checked by experts and can be accessed by simply switching on the 'Species ID' track in the Blu-ray or DVD menu.
Authoritative and concise optional 'Narration' can be switched 'on' or 'off'.
All scenes in the film are conveniently organised into 22 chapters that can be accessed individually to introduce particular subject interests. From 'Sharks' to 'Filterfeeders' or 'Nudibranchs' and 'Seahorses', the disc is full of fascinating sea creatures.
Which ever way, Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken is designed to help inform and educate about our amazing natural world heritage and delight audiences of all ages.
Virtual Ocean Aquarium
Colourful and exotic marine life fascinates people in all settings and as viewing screens become ever larger, there is naturally a desire to play something interesting on them. David's unique approach to filming sea creatures is to present a 'window' onto another world.
The main feature can be played to loop continuously and will transform any space that has a screen and playback. Included as featured extras on both the DVD and the Blu-ray disc are also an additional 60 minutes of 'Virtual Ocean Aquarium' segments in a variety of styles that can loop either individually or as a complete set.
History
About the Original Coral Sea Dreaming
First released in 1992, David Hannan's "Coral Sea Dreaming" is now considered a classic video that broke new ground and inspired millions of people to see our marine world in a new way.
One of the people originally involved with the project said recently: "it was phenomenal !"
Over the years, several editions of "Coral Sea Dreaming" have been released around the world and are now rapidly becoming collectors items.
Sit back, relax and dive into the spectacular undersea world of the Great Barrier Reef.
Discover exotic fish of every color of the rainbow.
"A beautiful, beautiful film"
-- National Geographic
This website and a sister site www.reefdvd.com began as support for the 1999 USA release of 'Coral Sea Dreaming Special Edition' with Mill Reef Entertainment and DVD International, back in the days when DVD and the Internet was a new frontier.
Today David Hannan's all new Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken is in release from 4 Feb 2010 in Australia and New Zealand and available from an outlet near you.
News and Announcements
For more frequent updates checkout the Coral Sea Dreaming Facebook page.
Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken wins award at Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
Award Announcement: Jan 4, 2011
Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken was recently an award-winner at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival. This festival is a unique traveling film event that circulates selected films throughout major cities in the US over a one-year period.
2010 was the premier year for the festival. In September it opened at the Bay Street Theater, Sag Harbor New York. In December the festival then traveled to the Letelier Theatre, Washington DC. It was here that Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken won the category for best 'Endangered Ecosystem/Habitat'.
Under the guidance of an advisory board including Dr Silvia Earle and Fabien Cousteau, the festival showcases some of the world's finest conservation, natural history and wildlife films.
→ For more information please go to: www.wildlifefilmfestivals.com
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Coral Sea Campaign
Our Serengeti of the Sea
The Coral Sea is a unique part of the Pacific and an Australian historical treasure. Lying adjacent and seaward of the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Sea is one of the few places remaining on Earth where populations of spectacular biodiversity have not been severely depleted, especially seabirds; sharks, including whale sharks; humpback, minke and killer whales; dolphins; turtles; billfish such as marlin and sailfish; tuna; a myriad of invertebrates, many of which are unknown to science.
The proposed Australian Coral Sea Heritage Park would be a highly protected, safe haven for globally threatened species that are rapidly declining around the world.
Visit the official website to find out more and see how you can help protect Australia's Coral Sea:
http://www.protectourcoralsea.org.au
Other information is also available on the AMCS website:
http://www.amcs.org.au/WhatWeDo.asp?active_page_id=164
Ocean Acidification
Long committed to conservation, David and his team became more aware of global ocean environmental issues during the filming and editing of Coral Sea Dreaming - Awaken.
Beyond obvious issues of pollution and over-exploitation of fisheries, it's increasingly clear that Carbon Dioxide (C02) emissions are impacting on the world's coral reefs with dual threats of rising sea temperatures and ocean acidification. Not just reefs, but whole food webs based on krill and plankton are under threat of extinction from changing water chemistry as oceans absorb CO2 emissions.
For more information about Ocean Acidification, the other CO2 problem independant of climate change, visit the website here:
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